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10-11-2015, 08:17 AM

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Lady Diana

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Agree with earthtones......

10-11-2015, 10:16 AM

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wildyard

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Originally Posted by joe'smom

To me, 'muddy' means colors that aren't pure hues, but are mixed with gray or black to tone them down. They can be of any hue. (In other words, it doesn't mean, fabric the color of mud.)

If you google 'blue fabric' and check the images, the first image is a pure, clear blue, and the third is a 'muddy' blue.

https://www.google.com/search?q=blue...w=1158&bih=606

Yes, this is also my opinion! Well said, Joe'smom

10-11-2015, 06:16 PM

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Jan in VA

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Originally Posted by joe'smom

To me, 'muddy' means colors that aren't pure hues, but are mixed with gray or black to tone them down. They can be of any hue. (In other words, it doesn't mean, fabric the color of mud.)

Exactly. When I learned to quilt in the early 1980s from Mary Ellen Hopkins (It's Okay If You Sit on My Quilt), she was big on "muddies" used to enhance true/pure/saturated colors. Muddies are any color that are not truly saturated, pure color. Like Dunster and joe's mom have said, they have gray or black added. They are kind of like a flat musical note.